{{Five Rwandans accused of involvement in the genocide that killed over a million people in just 100 days were arrested in Britain on Thursday after an extradition request from Rwanda, London police said.}}<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Nteziryayo, Charles Munyaneza, Celestin Ugirashebuja, Vincent Bajinya and Celestin Mutabaruka appeared at a London court under extradition warrants alleging genocide and murder, a police spokesman said.<\/p>\n
Four of the five were freed by the High Court in 2009, overturning a ministerial extradition order because of fears they would not get a fair trial in Rwanda. They had been in custody since 2006.<\/p>\n
Rwandan prosecutor general Martin Ngoga welcomed the arrests, which took place early on Thursday, and said he hoped London would follow the example of other jurisdictions that had extradited suspects.<\/p>\n
“They are all suspects of genocide against Tutsis and crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda in 1994 … Rwanda has made significant progress since 2009 when the British Courts rejected the extradition requests to Rwanda,” he said.<\/p>\n
The five men are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates court again on June 5.<\/p>\n
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